Bible › Ecclesiastes › Chapter 5 › Verse 18 › Interlinear “Behold that which I have seen: it is good and comely for one to eat and to drink, and to enjoy the good of all his labour that he taketh under the sun all the days of his life, which God giveth him: for it is his portion.”
Ecclesiastes 5:18 — Hebrew Interlinear Hebrew · Ecclesiastes 5:18 21 words
Hebrew Meaning
גַּ֣ם gam
again particle H1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
כָּֽל kāl
all (manner noun H3605
) · altogether · any · enough ···
הָ/אָדָ֡ם hāʾādām
man (mean particle H120
another · hypocrite · common sort · low ···
אֲשֶׁ֣ר ʾăšer
as particle H834
after · alike · because · every ···
נָֽתַן nātan
add verb H5414
apply · appoint · ascribe · assign ···
הָ/אֱלֹהִים֩ hāʾĕlōhiym
God particle H430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
וְ/הִשְׁלִיט֨/וֹ wəhišəliyṭwō
(bear conj H7980
have) rule · have dominion · give power
לֶ/אֱכֹ֤ל leʾĕkōl
burn up pron H398
at all · consume · devour(-er · up) ···
מִמֶּ֨/נּוּ֙ mimenw
above pron H4480
after · among · at · because of ···
וְ/לָ/שֵׂ֣את wəlāśēʾt
accept conj H5375
advance · arise · (able to · suffer to) bear(-er ···
אֶת ʾet
(as such unrepresented in English) particle H853
חֶלְק֔/וֹ ḥeləqwō
flattery noun H2506
inheritance · part · partake · portion
וְ/לִ/שְׂמֹ֖חַ wəliśəmōḥa
cheer up conj H8055
be glad · (have · make) joy · be merry ···
בַּ/עֲמָל֑/וֹ baʿămālwō
grievance pron H5999
iniquity · labour · mischief · miserable ···
זֹ֕ה zōh
as well as another prep H2090
it · this · that · thus and thus
אֱלֹהִ֖ים ʾĕlōhiym
God noun H430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
הִֽיא hiyʾ
he prep H1931
as for her · him · it · the same ···
ℹ Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.
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